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J. DILLON. ASH SIFTER.

No. 415,622. Patented Nov. 19, 1889..

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JOHN DILLON, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,622, dated November19, 1889.

Application filed January 22, 1889. Serial No. 297,140. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN DILLON, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ash- Sifters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved ashsifter by which the unburnedcoal particles can be separated effectively from the ashes withoutcausing any dust, so that the sifting of the ashes can be accomplishedin the kitchen or at any other convenient place; and the inventionconsists of certain improvements in ash-sitters, as will be fullydescribed hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a verticallongitudinal section of my improved ash-sifter on line a; .r, Fig. Fig.2 is a vertical transverse section of the same on line 1 1 Fig. 1. Figs.3 and 4 are detail vertical transverse sections of the ashchutes belowthe first or upper screen of the ash-sifter on line f f, Fig. 1; andFig. 5 is a detail top view of a portion of the ashchutes below theupper screen.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an ash-sifter, which is made inthe shape of an oblong box, and which is supported in upright positionon a baseboard a. The top of the box A has at one edge a hinged lid A,which is provided at bothsides with segmental guardwalls A that form,when the lid A is in open position, a kind of hopper for facilitatingthe transfer of the ashes from the ash-pail to the sifter. Thesheet-metal side guard-walls A of the lid A also serve, when the lid isclosed, to prevent the escape of dust from the sifter. From the upperedge of that end Wall of the sifter A where the lid A is arrangedextends in downward direction an inclined screen B. Below the screen Bare arranged two adjacent V-shaped ash-chutes 0, provided at their lowerends with deflecting-plates O, divergent laterally from the adjacentedges and forming, with the outer side walls, lateral dischargeopeningsC The ashes are shed laterally in opposite directions by the chutes ontoa second diagonally-inclined screen D, that extends below the uppercoarser-meshed screen B in opposite direction to the same from a pointnear the top of the sifter to a point near the bottom of the same, asshown clearly in Fig. l.

Above the screen B is arranged a pendent gate B, which is hinged to thetop of the sifter A near the lid A, and which is moved out of the way bythe ashes when they are dumped into the sifter and dropped back, so asto form contact with the screen B when the ash es have passed the screenB beyond the gate B. This gate B serves to diminish greatly the escapeof dust from the sifter immediately after dumping and before the lid Acan be closed. The unburned coal particles pass over the inclinedcoarser screen B onto the diagonal finer screen D, between the twostreams of ashesdischarged laterally from thechutes C, and are collectedat the lower part of the sifter near one end wall of the same, which endwall is provided near the screen D with a discharge-opening d and aslide d, so that the unburned coal can be removed into a box or pailwhenever it is desired to remove the same. The ashes which are passedthrough the screen B are first shed by the laterally-inclined chutes 0onto the diagonal screen D and dropped through the same into a receivingash-pan E at the bottom of the sifter A. For the purpose of distributeing the ashes uniformly in the box E, a second chute F is arranged atthe middle part of the sifter below the diagonal screen D and at rightangles thereto, which serves for conveying a portion of the ashes to theopposite end of the ash-box E, so that they are not deposited all at thesame end of the box E.

The interior surface of the walls of the sifter above the diagonalscreen D, as well as the lid and gate, are lined with sheet metal, sothat the glowing cinders cannot injure the box. The lower part of thesifter below the screen D requires no lining.

The ash-pan E is removed through an opening 6 in the opposite end wallof the sifter, which is also provided with a slide 6' for closing saidopening, so that the sifter can be used in the kitchen or at any otherconvenient place for sifting the ashes. hen not in use as a side of saiddiagonal screen at right angles thereto, and an ash-pan at the bottom ofsaid box.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 15 my invention I have signedmy name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN DILLON.

lVitnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, MARTIN PETRY.

